Anthony Hopkins

Charles Dickens

Sybil Thorndike

Elizabeth Ball Dickens

Gladys Cooper

Mrs. Ternan

Joan Greenwood

Maria Beadnell

Stanley Holloway

Mr. Vuffin

Michael Wilding

Dolby

Mona Washbourne

Mrs. Jarley

Gordon Jackson

The Narrator (voice)

Arthur Lowe

John Dickens